BEIRUT, February 8. /TASS/. Russian rescuers, who are taking part in a search and rescue effort in quake-hit western regions of Syria, have pulled a child alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Jableh, the SANA news agency has reported.

According to the report, rescuers "managed to pull alive a girl around nine years old from the rubble of a collapsed building." The girl was taken to a local hospital.

A Russian Emergencies Ministry IL-76 aircraft with rescuers, canine units and special equipment needed to search and rescue people from under the rubble arrived in Syria on Tuesday.

A 7.7-magnitude hit the Kahramanmaras province in southeastern Turkey on Monday. The tremors, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, were felt in ten provinces, as well as in neighboring countries, including Syria. According to latest casualty reports, over 5,400 people were killed and almost 32,000 were injured.

According to the Syrian Health Ministry, more than 800 people have fallen victim to the natural disaster in Syria, with over 1,400 people injured. No casualty reports for areas outside the Syrian government’s control are available at the moment. However, according to an Al Jazeera report, the tremor claimed the lives of over 1,000 people in Syria’s northern regions, over 2,400 were injured.